As reported by the Daily, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is tracking an asteroid named 2021 PT, which is expected to appear on August 29. READ ALSO – Heavy rains in Greendland, Earthlings are asked to be careful
The asteroid has a diameter of between 110 and 240 meters, while the Big Ben clock tower is at an altitude of 96 meters.
The spacecraft is traveling at more than 25,749 kilometers per hour but will pass Earth at a distance of more than four million kilometers.
Meanwhile, NASA detected another asteroid named 2011 UC292.
The asteroid has a smaller diameter of 73 to 160 meters but is moving at a faster speed of 30,743 kilometers per hour.
However, asteroid i It is expected to cross Earth at a safe distance of more than three million kilometers on August 24.
In a recent study, scientists believe they are getting closer to identifying the origin of the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs.
Since the late 1970s, researchers have believed the space rock landed near Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula.
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